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now at 11:00 -- >> there are massive flames that they are still dealing with. >> after flames scorched the los angeles area, now wildfires are forcing evacuations further north. then -- >> i will do whatever it takes to protect our students. >> school leaders have a plan in place if some of president trump's promises regarding immigrant families actually come to pass. plus, dozens of bay area college students wondering, what's next? as one university slashes several programs along with the entire athletics

department. and -- >> last seen at this convenience store around 10:00 saturday night. >> decades after a double murder rocked the east bay, a judge hands a killer his sentence. >> from kpix, this is "the late news with sara donchey," cbs news bay area. >> i'm juliette goodrich, ra is off tonight. wind- fueled fires burning in southern california. the hughes fire burning 30 miles north of the palisades and eaton fires near castaic. 31,000 people are under evacuation orders. but there's good news about where the fire is burning compared to the palisades and eaton fires. >> we're not dealing with a large population and a large amount of residential homes as we saw with those two fires. out here, it's more sparsely populated. however, out here, we

are dealing with high winds which we also saw with the other fires, along with thick fuel bed, very receptive fuel bed, and a steep topography again. >> the hughs fire's already burned more than 10,000 acres across los angeles and ventura counties, but fire crews are hoping to gain some ground if the winds subside overnight. it is 14% contained at last check. at least 23,000 people are under evacuation warnings from the fire. an elementary school in castaic was part of earlier evacuations today. people nearby said they weren't waiting around to get to safety. >> as soon as i heard about it, i figured it was going to be tough to get home. so, better to leave early than not be able to get home at all. >> it was tough to get back with the traffic. >> we made it almost just in time. probably another ten minutes, and they probably would have closed lake hughes road. >> people are escaping

the hughes fire. others are heading back to what's left of their neighborhood from the palisades fire. crews are busy shoring up the pacific palisades and altadena ahead of incoming rain. burn scars in the palisades and eaton fires could increase the threat of mudslides and floods in the region. sandbags and barriers are being brought in to help keep toxic and hazardous material out of the ocean. >> we need the rain desperately. but it is a really, really scary time, especially just thinking about the effects that this will have on the water. uh, we have some really, really unique and important ecosystems right here off of our coast. >> all right, let's go back to the hughes fire for a moment. take a look at just how fast this fire spread. now, this is not a time-lapse. this is realtime movement. look at that. the winds are whipping so strong, they're creating what looks like a fire tornado. some crews are having

to speed away to stay ahead of the flames. let's get to paug heggen who's going to breakdown what this firenado is. >> firenados, one of the more visually striking things that wildfires are capable of. we're seeing more of them because there are more cameras aimed at these wildfires. let's talk about what's happening with a kind of the cross-section of the fire itself. whenever wildfire develops, the air that's flowing over it is going to be disrupted by the turbulence of the growing fire and the terrain. if that doesn't call a full- fledged circulation, it's at least going to get the air moving in different directions. as the fire grows, it's going to be sending more and more air up in the atmosphere. heated air is going to go up, and that creates a relative vacuum at ground level. physics isn't going to allow that, so air rushes in from the sides to replace that air that's going up. as it moves in, it accelerates and gets caught in that change of the direction of the wind flowing around ground level, and you have that circulation. you either get what we saw with the hughes fire today, the

firewhirl that develops along the leading edge, you see that frequently. or a full- fledged fire tornado, like the park fire last year, a circulation extending miles into the atmosphere and winds topping over 100 mires if that circulation becomes really well-developed. haven't seen that with the hughes fire today or with the sfirs that have broken out the past couple of weeks. the weather situation overall, still a problem in the vicinity of the hughes fire. the red flag warning until 10:00 a.m. friday. winds gusting to 65 miles an hour. the humidity is going to be lower than 10%. it's that offshore wind that's going to continue another 36 hours or so. gusty offshore winds being produced. the wind is offshore in the bay area, not nearly as strong as southern california. one more day of a critical fire weather risk. the areas shaded in orange here correspond to where the red flag warnings are in effect through 10:00 a.m. on friday. but there is good news with that rain chance headed in as we head into the weekend. future cast shows light

to moderate rainshowers moving in. that's what we want to see moving into southern california over the weekend. that would add moisture to dry fire fuels without too much rain in a short amount of time that would significantly elevate the mudslide and flow threats. we'd come back and talk about our rain chances here in the bay area over the weekend, which aren't going to be necessarily zero. it's coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, paul, thanks so much. turning to the trump administration, one of the president's first priorities has been a sweeping crackdown on immigration. it includes allowing i.c.e. agents to conduct raids at so- called sensitive areas like schools, churches, and hospitals. former president biden banned the practice. many bay area school districts serve undocumented students. now officials are taking action to prepare staff and parents. our katie nielsen spoke with people in the mount diablo school district about their concerns.

>> reporter: danielle ochoa's twin daughters are in first grade in concord, the same school she went to at their age. the difference was, when daniela was a student here, her parents were undocumented. she remembers them living in a constant state of fear. >> what's going to happen when i wake and up take my kid to school? am i going to meet i.c.e. there? is i.c.e. going to be around school? >> reporter: her parents became u.s. citizens years later, but for other undocumented families, the fear of i.c.e. agents coming to school is very real once again. >> i will do whatever it takes to protect our students. >> reporter: dr. adam clark is the superintendent of mount diablo schools. he said while he will not instruct staff to break the law, if i.c.e. agents do show up at a school campus, they will not be allowed to access the school. the agents will have to go to the administration building, where he and the district's lawyers will review

whatever paperwork or word the i.c.e. agents have, and will notify parents and local law enforcement immediately. >> a lot of this is politics and a lot of promises have been made, a lot of threats have been made. and so, unfortunately, we're the ones who have to comfort the children. >> reporter: from the administration to the teachers union, everyone says their top priority is protecting children. >> when i heard what the current administration is doing, i cried. because i would hate to see those students leave. >> reporter: for daniela, she says she feels for the families who are now going through what she went through all those years ago. >> everything with the i.c.e. is just too much for families. it was, like, a trauma, you know? >> reporter: today, officials with oakland unified school district joined city leaders and community members to announce resources to help immigrant families. school leaders say staph are being trained on protocols of what to do in case of i.c.e. activity at schools.

this isn't new for the district. they passed a resolution making them a sanctuary district in 2008 and reaffirmed it in 2016, weeks after president trump won his first term. the policy makes the immigration status of students and families confidential and has guidelines on how the district handles i.c.e. activity on campuses. >> as a school board, we stand in unwavering support of all of our students, families, and staff, regardless of their race, their country of origin, or their immigration status. every student in our district deserves a safe, welcoming, and nurturing environment in order to be successful. >> reporter: we spoke with richard maher of the san francisco young republicans as he was in the airport coming back from the inauguration. while he doesn't agree with the policy, he says that only people involved in cartels or with a criminal record should be worried. >> i'm not particularly concerned that going into schools, going into churches, is going to happen any time soon, if at all.

and the rhetoric i think is more of a bargaining point. >> reporter: as for the fear in the community, he says if people are nervous to go to places like school, church, or work, it would disincentivize them being here, and that might be the right way to deal with illegal immigration. the family of a woman pushed to her death in front of a bart train is suing the agency. the suit blames bart, saying it doesn't do enough to protect riders from violence. 74-year- old corazon danden was commuting home to daly city from san francisco last summer. police say a homeless man shoved her into a train. she died at the hospital later. the suspect had been arrested several times before the incident. the family says bart police did not enforce an order banning him from their transit system. >> we just want, you know, them to make some changes. that would make commuting through that train station better for everybody. we don't want it to happen to

anybody again. >> 49-year- old trevor belmont was arrested and charged with murder. we reached out to bart multiple times for comment on the lawsuit but have not heard back. sonoma state university is cutting its entire athletics program. the university's also laying off dozens of faculty and staff and slashing several degree programs. the school is facing a massive multimillion- dollar budget deficit, and then on the chopping block, women and gender studies, philosophy, physics, economics, and the english master's degree program. dozens of faculty positions and staff positions will also see layoffs. the university's president says these cults were needed for the sake of the school's long-term future. >> they shot themselves in the foot. like, it's -- the wgs department was originally the women's studies department. and it started in 1970. it's one of the oldest in,

like, in california, and all the csus. like, that's incredible. that's, like, that's a selling point for the school, and they're just cutting it? >> the university is hosting a town hall meeting next week with the interim president. a fremont cold case that took nearly 40 years to solve is finally closing. >> for this family, i would 100% do everything. they're like family to me. >> how a police sergeant's dedication helped uncover new evidence, and the relief for the families after decades of waiting for justice. and another snowy scene across the southeast. the fun and the not so fun moments from the gulf coast's latest snow day. plus, it may not be what you typically think of when you imagine heading off to a private island, but it still sold for a pretty high price at auction. the story behind this bay area island's new owner.

have you ever dreamt of getting two of your fav wendy's items for 7 bucks? like a spicy chicken sandwich, dave's single or... 10 piece nuggs? well today's the day your oddly specific dream comes true. pretty good dream. two favs for just 7 bucks? gotta be wendy's. a decades- old cold case is finally put to rest in the east bay. convicted killer david mish has been sentenced for are the purchased always

of two young women nearly 40 years ago. we talked to the investigator who finally cracks the case. >> reporter: this case shook and panicked the fremont community. michelle and jennifer were shot and stabbed in february 1986. officers from the fremont police department tracked down one lead after another, but it took more than 30 years and one determined investigator to finally bring some closure to the families. sergeant jacob blast started with the fremont police department 19 years ago. in 2015, he became the cold case specialist and started piecing together the evidence to find the the man that murdered the 18-year- old and 20-year-old. >> for this family, i would 100% do everything. they're family to me. >> reporter: for nine years sergeant blast took all the evidence from the initial investigation, including a partial license plate number written on the hand of one of the victims, to uncovering a

new key piece of dna evidence under the victims' fingernails, thanks to improved technology. even when leads went cold, sergeant blast never gave up. >> you have to have that tenacity. because you know you're working for the family, you're working for the community, because everybody here deserves answers on what happened at that time. >> reporter: wednesday, the judge sentenced this man, david emory mish, to two 25 years to life terms. mish saying during the sentencing phase of the trial and had to be taken out of the courtroom as the families read their statements. it's a loss they will never fully heal from, but there is some relief in knowing the case is over. >> there's never any closure when a loved one has passed away. but to at least have some kind of conclusion to a case they've been with us on for the whole 40 years, then of course, in the court process for the past almost nine years, it felt really good to be able to sit there and be with them during that time. today marked another snow day across the gulf coast. you can see the snowplows hard at work, and one

unexpected place. the florida panhandle. they were trying to clear snow and ice along the i-10. it was the same story in new orleans where snowplows had to clear lanes after tuesday's storm. the storm hit the gulf and moved into the carolinas, dumping record amounts onto myrtle beach, south carolina. and many roads across the gulf coast are still closed because the freezing temps are making travel impossible. louisiana brought in snowplows from an indiana company to help clear those roads. >> so those who don't recognize that type vehicle, it is a snowplow. we have 14 of them right now going throughout the city of new orleans, cleaning our streets. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a snowplow. all right, the storm left behind some serious damage, though. this is what's left of the mobile civic center in alabama after the roof collapsed under the weight of the snow. the city was already in the process of demolishing this building. then check out this video from milton northeast of pensacola. the storm dropped almost

9 inches of snow. that more than doubles a recordrecord 4 inches set in 1954. first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. oh, boy. the snow day brought out the inner child in a lot of people across the south. mobile, alabama, new orleans as well, people hitting canal street to play ice hockey. >> canal street in new orleans, i mean -- >> go figure. >> that's crazy. >> and that was perfect for these nuns. let's see. what are they -- look at that. see the nuns? >> so it's nuns pelting the parish priest in metarie, louisiana. i think i got the pronunciation correct, been awhile since i lived in that direction. you can see it from space. take a look at the map here. i'm going to turn on the visible

satellite perspective from earlier today, and you can see the outline of the clouds off the coast. but all of this is clean to the gulf coast. that is all snow from houston to new orleans to mobile to pensacola and tallahassee, extending into the carolinas. you expect snow farther north but the gulf of mexico, just a striking scene. something that some of those folks have not seen sincesince 1895 this level of snow. this place was shut down for a dusting of snow. imagine what 5 to 10 inches of total accumulation did. around the bay area, another day of calm and mild conditions. let's see what's this store as we finish the workweek and head into the weekend. another clear night. a bit on the chilly side as we head through the rest of the overnight hours. not as cold as the past couple of nights. one more mild today tomorrow. more clouds, a gradual cool- down friday. near- normal highs this weekend. a new feature in the forecast as we head into the weekend. there is a chance for a couple of rainshowers in the bay area on saturday. by that point, it will have been three weeks since our

last measurable rain. it's not a guarantee, but odds are increasing at least a little bit. we'll tick what we can set. right now 40s and low 50s. we'll level off in the 30s and 40s by early tomorrow morning. like the past several nights, the breeze is going to keep the fog at bay. that allows temperatures to drop off a few degrees below average. closest to freezing in the north bay valleys. 35 plooum. 34 fairfield. also chilly east of the oakland hills in antioch and brentwood, 34. around the bay, a mix of low to mid- 40s. santa clara valley, mid- 30s around morgan hill. you'll bounce back. temps warm to the low 70s in the santa clara valley. most of us will top out mid to upper 60s. those numbers are a good 8 to 10 degrees above normal with temperatures in the north bay upper 60s to around 70 degrees as you make your way up towards healdsburg. let's talk about that rain chance. this is the newest run of the european forecast model which shows increasing cloud

cover friday. we expected that to happen. this latest forecast model run, keep in mind none of these are perfect, this model could change its mind. it shows a decent chance some of light rainshowers making its way into at least parts of the bay area on saturday. this is not a guarantee of rain, but at least some scattered showers would be nice to see after, at that point, three straight weeks of dry weather. this would wind down quickly. there's a much better chance of light to moderate rainshowers in southern california and a better chance of adding some snow in the sierra, 2 to 6 inches of total snowfall. something to keep in mind if you're heading that direction. the resorts will be very thankful to fresh. up the powder about the it might complicate travel on 50 and 80. the seven-day forecast, i haven't added raindrops to saturday at this point, but we change the wording to showers possible. a bunch of question marks after that but we'll keep evaluating the latest data. once that storm system that brings the better chance of rain to southern california moves out, rewarm back

up to mild, dry conditions as we head into the last days of january. we've got a birthday shout-out to a superstar straight ahead in sports. and a tale of two halves for the warriors running tonight in the state capital.

♪ ♪ it's a one-of-a- kind find. people had their eyes onon months and the lucky person is an 11-year- old from l.a. all right, good. the prize, a special debut rookie card for pirates pitcher paul skenes. the card so coveted the pirates put off a tradeoff for it, including home plate season tickets for the next 30 years. a skenes meet and greet. two autographed jerseys. batting practice with the team. and more. even a visit to see burn. >> hey, not enough. >> all right.

>> you hang on to that rookie card, son, for as long as you can. >> keep that card. >> then cash that baby in. >> i thought you would have topped it off. >> invest some of that money, too. we got the warriors tonight. remember the old days or not so old days where the warriors would have an explosive third quarter? times have changed, dub nation. in the see- saw season, at the sacramento kings, no draymond green and no rehab brandon baczynski. boom, down he went. steph curry scored just 14. check out these moves late first half. how does he get these floaters to go? warriors led by as many as 18. five years scored in double figures. then the turnovers mounted into the third quarter. oh, dennis router. they had eight in the quarter alone. this led to a demar derozan bucket that cut the dubs' lead to two. derozan, 19 third quarter points and the kings were off and rolling. they briefly grabbed the lead.

back came the warriors. buddy hield, former king, one of his five threes. nine straight and the warriors led by seven. sacramento responded, scoring 13 straight. capped by another dubs give- away and bucket by keon ellis. 105- 99 kings with six minutes left. later, a one- point game. gee santos knocked down aa three. 107- 105 warriors. santos, 16 points. the kings retook the lead and de'aaron fox nailed a jumper with a little over a minute left. a 10- 0 sacramento run put them up six, and they won it 123-117. six straight home wins for the kings. golden state record fell under . 500 at 21-22. they're back home to host the bulls tomorrow night. acc, men's basketball, mark massen, your cal bears played like you did, without its leading scorer against florida state. got physical at both

ends. joshua olan joseph got fouled and threw it down. later up eight. asoco slammed it home. he scored 14, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks. the bears with some home cooking won it 77-68. that's the second straight acc win. warriors general manager mike dunleavy was at stanford to get a look at 7'1" maxi redo. put on a show, here with the left hand. they led 25-5. reydo, why not a 360 jam? anthony batsen. he did get technical for hanging on the rim. stanford and a laugher, 88- 51, improved to 5- 3 in conference play. speaking of basketball, shout-out caitlin clark. happy 23rd birthday. she'll be here at chase

center, june 19th , with the indiana fever. >> happy birthday. all right, that's fun, thank you, vern. okay, what's the highest price you'd pay to have your own private island? think about this one. just how much one island in the san francisco bay sold for today. here's what's happening in the bay area this weekend. former men at work front man colin hay, now a solo artist, is taking the stage at menlo park. hit the beach with andres amador. he's inviting the public to take part in an earthscape on san francisco's ocean beach. ♪ ♪

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if you ever wanted to own a private island in the bay area, you just missed your chance. >> now you tell me. >> right?

point buckler, a 50- acre marshy island. it hit the auction block today after being at the center of a legal battle the last decade. the now- former owner of the island, john sweeney, there he is, protested the sale for years. he bought point buckler island in 2011 for $150,000. he wanted to offer duck hunting and kite surfing, but it was all unauthorized. >> oops. >> regulators said sweeney broke dozens of codes meant to protect local wildlife. that's a no-no. it all came to a head today where sweeney was arrested just minutes after the island sold. >> i guess i'm going to be arrested for a bench warrant that i have for fighting this. >> so the solano county sheriff's office led the auction. the winner, the john muir land trust, putting up $3.8 million for that property. >> and they likely won't be arrested. >> no, they will not be arrested, they'll protect the

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